Category: Steel Detailing Blog
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Steel Detailing Tips – How to fix “path” too long errors
In the construction business – you will often find yourself zipping / unzipping large sets of documents, and copying them from A to B etc. Often when dealing with deeply nested folder structures, you will get an error – regarding long path names. Like this: This is especially annoying if you are copying large sets…
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TEK1’s Steel Detailing for Sydney Metro – Resolving Design Challenges – 5
We hope you found our previous blogs on the Sydney Metro project insightful. If you missed them, check them out. In this blog, I’d like to share an important lesson about concrete encasement for conduits that every steel detailer should keep in mind.Normally, conduit encasement falls under electrical scope, so detailers don’t focus much on…
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QR Code on Drawings
We are now placing smart QR codes on drawings. Why? What benefit is accrued by doing so? Instructions on how to make it work Rules – To prevent obsolete data from being used or shown Updating the Drawings: Setting up the template
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Mezzanine floor & stair handrails
TEK1 recently completed a Mezzanine steel & stair for a prominent organization in Australia. The goal was to provide detailed support steelwork for mezzanine floor & stair including handrails.
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Do not stick your neck out
While detailing a project for a leading organization in Australia, the client asked us to calculate material quantities for production and procurement. However, this involves high risk.As detailers, we don’t control the nesting process — which depends on factors like sheet size, scrap management, and fabrication methods. Each fabricator uses different nesting techniques. If we…
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Spotting the Hidden Error in an “Approved” Stair Project
Recently, we received a stair project that had already been detailed by another party and even approved by the design consultants. For reasons unknown, the project eventually came to Tek1. The scope involved a large five-flight stair with a 90° turn. We were provided with the GA drawings and assemblies prepared by the previous detailer,…
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Section Profiles for SS and Aluminium
If you are detailing Aluminium or SS sections always confirm the section profiles. If you model without that confirmation, there is good chance that you will be spending additional hours and it will be wasted time for all
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Important Note regarding TEK1 MTO:
Please note that once we assign a job to the team members, the next step is to provide your ETA.
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Venting Holes for Australian Sections
Vent holes are required for draining molten zinc from the material being galvanised. The size and location of the vent holes are important in achieving the vent holes. Different sections have differnt vent hole position requirements. Vent holes are not just of closed profiles like SHS. UBs UCs PFCs etc require vent holes at base…
